First senatorial iPod from IPac: Rejected

Senator Conrad Burns becomes the first senator to reject the iPod sent to him …

Thanks to iPodObserver which points us to a post on the IPac blog (IPac, of course, being the organization who is dedicated to sending an iPod to every senator in hopes of opening up the eyes of those who write our legislation regarding music rights) entitled "Conrad Burns returns iPod; swears off technology." If that's not a descriptive title, I dunno what is!

In the last six years, Senator Conrad Burns' campaign has taken $59k from TV/Music/Movie PACs, including $2k from the RIAA and Disney

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IPac's contribution is legal. It was submitted with all of the required paperwork. And it was paid for by ordinary Americans who care about balanced copyright and technology policy.

Oh snap.

Furthermore, Mr. Burns appears to have sworn off technology altogether:

The iPod donation, says Klindt, “is the first time we have received something technological” as a donation, adding that “it’s just not a donation that we want” and confirming that while Burns does not presently own an iPod, “if he wants an iPod, he’ll buy one.”

It's one thing to reject the iPod, as many of our skeptical readers expected to happen judging by the comments from the last post we made on the topic, however, he has clearly accepted large sums of money from other PACs without any qualms in the past. Why not this?

We're sending his campaign a letter to clarify their policy on accepting contributions from PACs, and we'll let you know what they say. We hope their answer is that they're swearing off *all* PAC contributions, including the tens of thousands of dollars that they take from the entertainment industry!

That would be nice, but highly unlikely. Is this going to be the pattern for the rest of the senators who receive iPods from IPac?